Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] were the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet women , of my generation were the first to have the chance to refuse burdens that just could n't be borne , to understand that it was possible to refuse them without censure , to realise that if you still could n't have everything , you could at least make some choices about what you could have . |
| 2 | Their names were the first out of the hat in our prize draw , run in conjunction with the club 's major sponsor Appletise , for tickets for the clash with Norwich and Peterborough Pirates on Sunday . |
| 3 | This exhibition and its catalogue were the first to show the whole spectrum of Czech Cubism 's attempts to create a universal style in literature , music , theatre and cinema as much as in the visual arts . |
| 4 | WHEN Newry 's Errol Lutton makes his Ulster senior debut in the inter-provincials next weekend in Dublin he can thank his lucky stars that his club were the first to complete their Senior One fixtures this season … otherwise he would have missed his big chance . |
| 5 | Yong and his father were the first people we had met who had actually been to Aru . |